audreyforever
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Lionel Barrymore
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Conrad Janis was in The Brasher Doubloon (1947) with Nancy Guild
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Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
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Well, Fred! I ended up relaxing today after I got a haircut and watched three movies from the 1930s! My DVR was in need of a clean-up so I sat down and watched three relatively fast-paced films starring some great actors like Eddie G., Bill Powell, and Marion Davies. And the fun was that I had never seen these three films :0
I first watched the 1933 comedy The Little Giant. Robinson was absolutely terrific spoofing the gangster drama at his studio, which at the time was First National. *Speaking of which, does anyone know when and why First National officially switched over to Warner Brothers?* Mary Astor was lovely and her admiration for Eddie was truly sincere. The star who really intrigued me was Helen Vinson, who, although I've seen her before, grabbed my attention; I hope to be reading about her more in the future! All that fun, including Eddie playing Polo, in 73 minutes!!!
Next I saw Fashions of 1934, made the following year and also under the logo of First National. I was very impressed by the dance numbers and the lovely music written for the film, as well as those gorgeous dresses! I will admit Bette Davis didn't excite me as much as her other characters, considering I always like her. Dapper William Powell was good as always, and this has got to be among my favorite Frank McHugh performances. Quick question, does anyone else get annoyed by Hugh Herbert's characters movie after movie?! Although, I did notice in the credits he co-wrote the screenplay; I never knew that!
Finally I watched a movie I have been anticipating for a while: Blondie of the Follies (1932). Marion Davies was spirited and a lot of fun to watch, and I'll admit I think I'm beginning to enjoy Robert Montgomery more and more (I've never really liked him for some odd reason). It wasn't anything special and ran long at some points, but I don't regret watching it. What a way to spend the first day of a long weekend!
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George Peppard was in The Strange One (1957) with Clifton James
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Judgement at Nuremburg (1961)
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}He could have passed for Andy Hardy's great-grandfather.
I used to think that too but, as mentioned earlier, being only 58 does seem to work out.
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Song of Bernadette!!!
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Oh I would never ignore you misswonderly! In fact I thought your post was rather fascinating and very appropriate. For Christmas I recieved MGM: Hollywood's Greatest Backlot and it is such a illustious book. What intrigues me the most is the amazing Art Direction done by the brilliant Cedric Gibbons and how in so many MGM films of mainly the 30s and 40s you can make connections as to where certain scens were filmed. It is these types of aspects about films which captivates me the most and I agree there needs to be more threads that are committed to just that!
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Astaire, Fred
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God's Little Acre (1958)
next: Tommy Dorsey, Bert Lahr, The Pied Pipers
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Jubilee Trail (1954)
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
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Mel Brooks was in To Be or Not to Be with Anne Bancroft
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Nat Pendleton
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Isopod---- Boris Karloff in Five Star Final (1931)
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A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)
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Gribble ---- Walter Catlett in Give Out, Sister (1942)
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Walter Catlett
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Brian Donlevy was in Union Pacific with Robert Preston
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Duroc, Dan ---- Akim Tamiroff in North West Mounted Police (1940)
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Deanna Durbin was in Can't Help Singing with Akim Tamiroff
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Hangman's Knot (1952)
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Movie Crazy (1932)